and the winners of our Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock | Couture Creations facebook giveaway are .....

 

Theresa Kowalewski
Lynelle Jones
Amber Hannah
Mary Holshouser

 

Congratulations Ladies and a huge Welcome to all our new followers, we hope you are enjoying being inspired by both our Design Teams.

 

Ladies please email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com your postal address and phone number.

You will have one week to contact Ellen to claim your prize.

Please allow 3-4 weeks for your prize to be processed and shipped

 

Thanks you to everyone who joined in the fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

One in a Million by Tracey Cooley

My gorgeous daughter Tayla  is definitely one in a million!
She is loving, responsible, thoughtful and a hard worker. Not to mention beautiful (but I could be bias). I love this picture of her my brother took while holidaying in Kenya and hoped to do it justice with a layout that captures her spirit.

 

I have been looking for a realistic looking rose leaf for some time now and Couture Creations has the perfect leaf to go with roses. You can see on this layout the detail in the leaves and how real they look. All this thanks to the Couture Creations All Occasions Embossing Folder Jazmyne... this has quickly become my favourite emboss folder.

 

 

I simply embossed a  piece of Jet Black Core'dinations cardstock with the Couture Creations Jazmyne Emboss Folder and cut out those gorgeous leaves, moulded them with my fingers and tucked them under my flowers.

 

 

Butterflies a pretty popular on pattern paper and I love to cut their little wings out and 3D them with an alternate pattern paper underneath... On this layout I have added a bit of Couture Creations Glitz n Glamour to the pattern paper underneath. I also added it to the white Couture Creation Dazzling Doily die cuts under the photograph...

I hope you like this layout as much as I do.

 

Thanks for stopping by and Keep on Creating!

 

Don't forget to enter our Facebook giveaway

 

 

 

 

Couture Creations Products
CO723225 Fantasia Doily Die Dazzling
CO723293 All Occasions Emboss Folder Jazmyne
CO721971 Glitz n Glamour Crystalina
CO721957 Self Healing mat
CO721987 Craft Knife
CO721956 Stainless Scissors

CO723222 Fantasia Doily Die Ivy

 

 

Autumn Beauty by Cathi O'Neill

It is Autumn here in Ireland, and since we don't have major changes between our seasons (never gets really hot or really cold here) we don't get those amazing trees full of bright colors! I did spot a few colorful leaves (mostly on the ground!) in a local park and brought my oldest daughter Aine along for a little photo shoot! I featured the gorgeous All Occasions Endless Embossing Folder for my layout, absolutely perfect for an Autumn layout!

For my layout I chose several shades of Autumn colors Core'dinations papers and embossed them.

Using my Couture Creations Sanding Block, I sanded the papers revealing the core, and with extra embossed paper, fussy cut some autumn leaves.

Finally, I also used the Sophia Oscar die to cut some flourishes out of cork! I love the earthy look and texture it has!

To put the layout together I first did some "splatting" with Peeled Paint Distress Stain and Walnut Stain Distress Stain. I added some subtle stamping using my Visible Image Bronte Border script stamp. To build up the layout, I layered the three embossed paper, adhering them to the layout with 18mm Double Sided Tape. To give the photo extra dimension I lifted it up with 12mm Foam Mounting Tape.

I added two Core'dinations tags, then started building up an embellishment cluster using my fussy cut leaves, some twine and the gorgeous cork flourishes!

I added some chevron and heart confetti which I primed with gesso and inked with chalk ink. I added brown stitching around the border. The final touch was the title "Autumn Beauty".

I hope you like my Autumn layout this month, and hope to see you sharing your work on the Couture Creations Facebook page!!!

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Couture Creations products used

CO723294 - All Occasions Endless Embossing Folder
CO723475 - Sophia Oscar Die
CO723060 - Sanding Block

CO721961 - 12mm Foam Mounting Tape

CO721965 - 18mm Double Sided Tape

Oh Christmas Tree by Kerrie Gurney

Hi all it is me Kerrie again with a super quick but different card that you can mass produce for Christmas your Christmas giving

I have used the A2 Early Morning Embossing folder from the Wrapped In Joy collection, Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock, some Couture Creations Pearls and some seam binding ribbon.

 

cut a piece of Core'dinations cardstock to 8.5" x 4.5" and fold into a gate fold

Emboss Early Morning onto a piece of Core'dinations cardstock

 

Cut straight down the middle and sand to revel core colour

sand the edges of base card

place double sided tape across middle of card

 

attach ribbon to both sides of gatefold allowing enough to tie into a bow

 

add embossed sections to front of gates, add some pearls and tie a bow to close

 

 

Tip you could add a pocket to the inside of the card and pop a gift card inside.

 

 

Couture Creations Products Used

CO723600 Wrapped in Joy Early One Morning Embossing Folder

CO721988 Moonlight Pearls

CO723060 Sanding Block

CO721955 Pointed Non Stick Scissors

Double sided Tape

 

Core'dinations ColorCore Core Essentials Cardstock

 

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Peace on Earth by Patti Hamil

Hi, it's Patti. Today I want to share a technique that is easy, but beautiful. Especially for any Holiday cardmaking or scrapbooking that you want to do. I started out with one of the gorgeous Wrapped In Joy embossing folders. I chose because I wanted to color in the little holly leaves with different colors.

Here are a couple of close-ups of the finished project.

First I gathered some of the supplies, the embossing folder, my trusty tweezers, markers in colors that I wanted and some gems.

I colored in the embossed parts with several colors of  markers. I chose very light colors for this. I used pink, blue, green and burgundy.

After coloring them all in, the magic starts! I just used iridescent ink and rubbed over the entire embossed image! It lightens and adds just the right amount of shimmer!!!

 I used the Glitzin Glamour just for the little berries on this.

When  I finished, I added an embossed strip across the two sections where they joined (this is a larger card).

I thought the little bird would look perfect on this card too, so I cut it and colored with the same blue marker and used the Shimmers ink on it as well!

This is how it looked!

 

I used the fancy die for a frame for my sentiment. I embossed a small piece of Gold paper with the same folder to use behind the little frame as a backing.

I added a few matching blooms and some gems and that was it!!! A very striking look but a really simple technique to do. It's fun to play around to see what the ink looks like on the different folders with different colors!!! I hope you enjoyed seeing this and hope you play with this technique too!!!

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Couture Creations Products used:

Wrapped In Joy, Champagne & Holly folder CO723606

Endless Dreams, Dove of Peace die CO723407

Nesting Dies, Picture Frame CO723215

Gemstones, Seaspray

Glitzin' Glamour, Aztec Gold CO721981

 

Couture Creations | Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock Giveaway

Hi All
We are very excited here at Couture Creations, we have joined with Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock to bring you another fun giveaway.

All you have to do is LIKE us both on Facebook and you will go into the draw to win one of the four $50 prize packs we have to giveaway

Two Pocket Card by Kerrie Gurney

Hi Kerrie here with a clever card for you. I love creating this card for special occasions, you can get everyone to sign the tags or you can replace one of the tags with a gift card.
It is super easy to create with just a single sheet of  8.5" x 11.3/4" (A4 for us Aussies) cardstock.

fold cardstock in half long side

undo and fold in half short side

 

unfold and cut the side into the middle fold line

fold the bottom right corner up to the centre fold line

 

 

fold the top left corner down approx 1" to 1.5" from center fold line

 

fold the left top side over to the right

 

fold the whole bottom half up

 

and fold left side to the back, this gives you your pockets...easy :)

 

place whole card excluding the back flap in Extra Loren embossing folder

 

Emboss

 

Sand whole from of card using sanding block to bring out the core colour

 

Place tape as show and adhere into place

 

Die cut 1 Fantasia Dazzling Doily Die and cut 1 third off and use the bigger half on the front of the card

Cut Tags to fit pockets 1 x 5.1/4" x 2.1/2" 1 x 5 3/4" x 3", cut some pennants with scrap paper and die cut a label using Victorian Rectangle Nesting Die, embellish with flowers, chipboard butterflies and crystal gemstones

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial ...happy creating

 

 

Couture Creations Products Used

CO723445 Elegance Extra Loren Embossing Folder

CO723225 Fantasia Dazzling Doily Die

CO723049 Victorian Rectangle Nesting Dies

CO721996 Crystal Gemstones
CO721971 Crystalina Glitzin' Glamour Glitter Glue

Couture Creations Double Sided Foam Tape

Couture Creations Double Sided Adhesive

Couture Creations Premium Non Stick Scissors